Mold for embedding tablets in concrete.



PATENTED FER-26,1907.

'1. J. MISSILDINB. MOLD FOR. EMBEDDING TABLETS IN- CONCRETE.

APPLICATION IILEDI JEO; 20, 1906.

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THOMAS JEFFERSON MISSILDINE, OF ENTERPRISE, ALABAMA.

MOLD FOR EMBEDDENG TABLETS EN CONCRETE- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 26, 1907.

Application filed December 20,1906. Serial No. 348,813.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS JEFFERSON MIssnmNE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Enterprise, in the county of Coffee and State ofAlabama, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Molds forEmbedding Tablets in Concrete; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a p art ofthis specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in molds forembedding tablets in concrete, and consists in the provision of variousdetails of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts whichwill be hereinafter fully described, and then specifically defined inthe appended claims.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure1 is a perspective view of my improved mold. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectionalview through the mold, showing the manner of holding the tablet; andFig. 3 is a sectional view through the tablet after the same has beenembedded in the concrete.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates the base of the mold, having standards B and a crosspiece C,connecting the latter.

Rising from the upper surface of the base are the cleats E parallel toeach other, and pivotally mounted .upon each cleat is a cam F.

H H designate two longitudinal strips of the moldframe, having recessesII in their inner faces adapted to receive the crosspieces K, formingthe. ends of the mold-frame. Said cams are adapted to be thrown againstthe outer faces of the longitudinal strips H, whereby the cross-piecesforming the ends of the frame may be held in said recesses while theconcrete is being molded therein.

Rising from the base of the mold is a raised table N of a smaller areathan the tablet O, which is adapted to rest thereon and which isdesigned to be embedded in a cement slab. The tablet projects a slightdistance over the edges of the table, a sufficient distance to al lowthe cement or concrete to be forced underneath the same to securely holdthe tablet to the slab when the latter is formed. A follower Q is placedupon the upper surface of the tablet and is held clamped against thetablet by means of the screw R, which eX- tends through an aperture inthe cross-piece C, by means of a nut S upon the screw the latter may beforced down against the follower to securely hold the tablet in placewhile concrete is being poured into the mold for the purpose ofanchoring the tablet to the slab. After the spaces underneath theoverhanging edges of the tablet have been filled with the concrete orcement the follower is removed and the balance of the mold filled upwith the concrete or cement, thereby making a solid slab with the tabletembedded therein, and the face of the tablet will have a margin ofcement extending about the entire periphery thereof, thereby forming aframe for the latter.

hat I claim is 1. An apparatus for embedding tablets in slabs ofconcrete, consisting of a mold, a table rising ifrc 111 the bottomthereof upon which the tablet rests, the edges of the tablet overhangingthe edges of said table, and clamping means for holding the tablet uponthe table while the space underneath the overhanging portion of thetablet is being filled in with concrete, as set forth.

2. An apparatus for molding tablets in concrete siats, consisting of atable, a moldbottom upon which said table is mounted, a frame made up ofsections adapted to surround the table with a space intervening betweenthe same, cams for holding the frame of the mold together, said tableadapted to receive a tablet with the edges of the latter overhanging thetable, a follower adapted to clamp the tablet upon said table whileconcrete is being filled underneath the overhanging edges thereof, asset forth.

3. An apparatus for molding tablets in concrete slabs, consisting of atable, a moldbcttom upon which said table is mounted, a frame made up ofsections adapted to surround the table with a space intervening betweenthe same, raised portions projecting from the bottom of the mold on theoutside of said frame, and cam members pivotally mounted upon saidraised portions and adapted to bear against the opposite sections of theframe to hold the same together, said table designed to receive a tabletwith the marginal edges of the latter overhanging said table, afollower, and a screw bearing against the latter and adapted to hold thetablet upon the table while spaces underneath the overhanging edges ofthe tablet are being overhanging the table, and means for holding filledwith concrete, as set forth. the tablet upon the table while the spacesun- 4. An apparatus for molding tablets in derneath the overhangingedges thereof are concrete slabs, consisting of a table, a moldbeingfilled with cement, as set forth. bottom upon which said table ismounted, a In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my frame made 7up oftwfo sections lgaviiag resignature in the presence of two witnesses.cesses u on t e inner aces t ereo en sec- T tions of the frame engagingsaid recesses, UIOMAS JEFFERSON clamping means for holding the endsections Witnesses: in said recesses, said table adapted to receive W.E. HENDERSON, a tablet with the marginal edges of the same W. W. GRUBBs.

